Michael Lohan Tells "The View" He Only Trash-Talked Lindsay Because He Thought She Was Dying (VIDEO)

Michael Lohan, the father of Lindsay Lohan and a
current subject of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab," visited "The View"
today.

Though Lohan was generally humble and relaxed (compared to his
normally manic
public presence), he offered an interesting theory on why
he's thrown his daughter under the bus so many times.

He was told, he says, her death was imminent.

"At times I spoke out in the wrong ways and did the wrong
things," Lohan said.

Then, he continued: "It came to the point where your kid's at
death's doorstep. And you're getting your your ex-wife calling
you, saying, 'Michael, we only have a week' or 'This might be the
end.' What do you do?"